On debates over meaning of liberalism, progressives are the originalists (and conservatives the living constitutionalists).https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/972153369597898753 …
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Progressives insist on interpreting liberalism precisely as it was meant by its intellectual progenitors. Conservatives allow that same underlying principles can be applied differently today.
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Replying to @jawillick
And how do you decide what the underlying principles are?
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Replying to @HeerJeet
That is also the argument against non-originalist judicial philosophies (it's a powerful one!)
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No, because originalists also often invent rights that have scant textual basis.
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My argument is we all of necessity pick and choose from these traditions. So let's not pretend we are identical to them.
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